Build Mobile Apps with SwiftUI and Firebase: Learn SwiftUI and Firebase by Building Real-World Applications Communicating with a Backend

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S. De CarliBuild Mobile Apps with SwiftUI and Firebasehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9452-9_1

1. Introduction to SwiftUI

Sullivan De Carli¹  

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Charleville-Mézières, France

 

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This first chapter is meant for beginners in iOS development. I will walk you through the main functionalities of Xcode, your tool to create projects and run code. Then, we will create a simple application: a map displaying a few places.

This way, we will explore some SwiftUI APIs to build the user interface and some basics of Swift such as creating a model. Let’s get started! ...